It ’s no closed book that Amazon ’s market place is run over with garbage — literalor otherwise — and that the party struggles and often fail to get by its own massive market that lump legitimately trustworthy brands and products in with third - party Peter Sellers . Amazon ’s former challenge come out to be regulating a burgeon market for products prey off of flu and coronavirus fears — include products that lay claim to “ kill ” them .
In an electronic mail obtained by CNBC , Amazon has been contacting third - party merchandiser about products that make over-the-top and unapproved claims relating to coronavirus , as a melodic line that originate in Wuhan , Chinacontinues to spreadglobally . In that email , Amazon informs a seller that the ship’s company transfer from its fund an item “ identified as a face mask or related product that make unapproved medical merchandising claims regarding coronavirus or the influenza . ”
The email cites federal regulations on products making unapproved aesculapian claim in their merchandising and further province that its own rules bar “ the listing or sales agreement of products that are marketed as unapproved or unregistered aesculapian devices . ” According to CNBC , users have also posted about receiving these warning in seller groups on Facebook .
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Disturbingly , CNBC also foundmultiplelivelistingsfor germicide that were still up on Amazon ’s mart as of this writing , several of which claimed the item “ vote out coronavirus . ” Moreover , Gizmodo found that simply searching “ kills coronavirus ” or “ down coronavirus ” turns up numerous product with these claims in their claim , so they ’re not on the dot needle in a haystack .
Amazon did not reply to multiple requests for comment about the vender notice , its ongoing reaction to the products , and items that persist on its site at the clock time of issue .
As of this week , there have been roughly2,100 deathsand roughly 76,000 confirm cases of the computer virus since the outbreak began belatedly last year . Director of the Center for the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases Dr. Nancy Messonnier said during arecent call with journaliststhat this strain of the “ virus correspond a tremendous public wellness menace . ”
That Amazon is conveniently benefit from the cut-rate sale of product in its marketplace making imitation or deceptive title about their power to protect against or treat coronavirus is not just surprising but is touch and potentially dangerous , particularly impart an already bad state of affairs with thespread of misinformationabout the computer virus .
As if there were a need for further grounds that Amazon can not adequately manage the musical scale or timbre of its own Cartesian product , here it is . More scraps on the existence ’s large trash chute .
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